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New York Times, Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Author:
Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : "Hasn't impressed me much"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1225/2/20069/24/202514
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713254316108
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6351.5759332.950%
Peter A. Collins
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
631/3/201312/6/20237
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3181812660
CircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
41.6029729.043%
Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 46 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 118 for Mr. Collins. This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Haight. Grid flow: 28.5 Wednesday freshness: 69%
Jim Horne notes:

Every clue starts with the letter H. The only H's in the grid are those in the theme answers. Bryant White had a similar idea in 1994.

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M
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C
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C
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R
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N
B
Y
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H
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V
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Y
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D
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K
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A
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S
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R
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C
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B
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O
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Y
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F
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P
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© 2023, The New York Times12/6/23 ( No. 27,056 )
Across
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Holy service : MASS
5
Hustle : SCAM
9
"Hallelujah!" singers : CHOIR
14
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
15
Half a soft drink? : COCA
16
Hurried past : RANBY
17
Harsh rule, metaphorically : HEAVYHAND
19
Host : EMCEE
20
Honored : REVERED
21
Hones, as a blade : WHETS
22
Hobbyist's purchase : KIT
24
Hummer's interior? : EMS
25
"... has come ___ surprise" : ASNO
27
"Have you ___ wool?" : ANY
28
Have a gander : SEE
29
Honda Civic competitor from Kia : SPECTRA
33
Heavy D's genre : RAP
34
Hybrid genre of country and 33-Across, pejoratively : HICKHOP
35
Handle letters : AKA
36
Hammer sound : BAM
39
Herd at Yellowstone : ELK
40
Heehawing animal : ASS
41
Home to Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett : CNN
42
High-tech gaming tournament, briefly : EVO
43
Hagiography subjects: Abbr. : STS
44
Hercule Poirot, e.g., for short : TEC
45
Hopping mad sort : HOTHEAD
47
"Hamilton" cast member Phillipa : SOO
48
Holler when the game is deadlocked : ITSATIE
49
"Holy cow!" : BOY
52
Herr, here : SIR
53
Hard to believe, as a tale : TALL
54
Hardy's "before" : ERE
55
"Hurrah!" at a stadium : OLE
56
Hard to believe : FISHY
59
"Harvey" star James : STEWART
62
Heat center of the 2000s : ONEAL
63
Hypocrite's perch, perhaps : HIGHHORSE
66
Health problem now largely eradicated in the U.S. : POLIO
67
"Here's an ___ ..." : IDEA
68
Hacks, say : CUTS
69
Hall-of-Fame QB Bart : STARR
70
Hollywood's Amanda : PEET
71
Hang on to : KEEP
Down
1
"Hasn't impressed me much" : MEH
2
"Happy Days ___ Here Again" : ARE
3
Haughty intellectual : SMARTYPANTS
4
Hang on to : SAVE
5
Hatch plans : SCHEME
6
Having a rough texture : COARSE
7
Huge issue for some teens : ACNE
8
Helter-skelter scrambles : MADDASHES
9
Hoodless pullovers often worn with other layers : CREWNECKS
10
Hog part : HAMHOCK
11
Historically : ONCE
12
"Hah!" : IBET
13
Hard drinks similar to bourbons : RYES
18
Haute couture name : YVES
22
Home to more than 20 million Pakistanis : KARACHI
23
How loose strings might end up : INAKNOT
26
Having been sloshed out : SPILT
30
"Hell, yes!" : THATSSOTRUE
31
High-priced perfume ingredient : ROSEOIL
32
H.S. student's test result, on a scale of 1 to 5 : APSCORE
36
Homemaker from Mayberry : BEETAYLOR
37
Help : AVAIL
38
Hobby shop purchase with a large wood or plastic base : MODELSHIP
46
Helmet wearer's potential embarrassment : HATHAIR
49
"How Deep Is Your Love" singer Barry, Maurice or Robin : BEEGEE
50
Huffy response to a threat : ORWHAT
51
"Hooray!" : YEAH
56
Hip dressers : FOPS
57
Having gone to an extra period, for short : INOT
58
"House" actress Ward : SELA
60
Household detergent brand : TIDE
61
Huge gem, slangily : ROCK
64
Hotel room option: Abbr. : STE
65
Helpful skill for guessers? : ESP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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